Vehicle-brake.



U F ELK PA PR B HE APPLICATION F|LED MAR. 9,1911- I Patented Jan. 15,1918.

2 skins-shear I.

A. J. CHAPPELL.

VEHICLE BRAKE.

APPLICATION FILED mm. 9, I917.

Patented Jan. 15, 1918.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

' ANDREW J. CI-IA'PPELL, OF SAMANTHA, ALABAMA.

VEHICLE-BRAKE.-

specification of Letters Patent Patented- J an. 15, 19118.

Application filed March 9, 1917. Serial No, 153,730.

To all who're it may concern.

I 1396 it known that I, Armour J. (l'IIarrnLL, 'a citiiei'ifo t"the United States; residing at Samantha, in the eountyo'f Tuscaloosa and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle- Brakes, of which the following is a specistation. i

This invention relates to improvements in vehicle brakes, THOFQ particularly to the brakes employed upon farm Wagons, freight wagons, and tll'io'like, and has "For one: of its olljvctslo provide a simply constructed device which may be applied without material structural change to the rumiiu'g gear portions of the vehicle, and adjusted to fit 1 i!1'l hing gears of various formsand sizes;

l Vith these and other objects in view, the invention eonsists in certain novel ream-es of construction, as hereinafter shown and described and-then specifically pointed out the elaiiit. ,and in thedrawin'gs illustraare of' the preferred embodiment of the intention" i f it Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of tlie running gear of a vehieleineluding the rear aXle and the rear Wheels, a portion of the reach, and the rear axle hounds, with the improved device applied thereto and with thebrake shoes released.

F 2 is a side elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1 with the nigh wheel re moved.. ,K

'Figya is anen'larged"detaehed perspective view arena ofthebrake-"blocks.

; Fig l'is an enlarged detached perspective view of one ofthe bra-lie shoes.

Fig, 51st detached perspective view of one ofthek'eepersof thet suppofrt." I Fi dis a. detached perspective view of the' en I portion o'fgjone of the op'erat- FigPSx is plfanfviewb f are improved device detached, {with Jth epa rts arranged to show' the bra'keshoes applied; 1

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Corresponding d like parts are refer ied" to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The improved device comprises a sup-i sas c on a vage 1 t e.

porting body, represented as a whole at 10;, and preferably formed "from a wood" plank of suflicient strength to support the brake mechanism and disposed transversely of the rear axle houndsll and the reach 121 Keeper de'vices 13 are attaehedto the under face of the member 10 and inclose the hound members 11. The keeper members 13 are secured in position upon the member 10 by clamp bolts which lever arms 17 are pivoted at 18. The

keeper devices 16 are each formed of'two reacting platesfone bearing directly upon the member 10 andthe other in arching form andextending over the lever members, the holding bolts 19 of the keeper devices op erating through the terminals'of both p'or tions of the keeper and securing the same firmly to the member 10. Wear plates '20 are attached to the upper face of the member 10 at the ends and over which the outer portions of the levers operate to prevent wear of the member 10.

The lever members 17 are preferably formedoff metal bars in flat form transversely, and the portion ojf'each bar s tter n'ally oii the keepers 16' is formed with a q' u art e'r twist, as shown at 31, to dispose'the outer portions of'the levers substantially ve' ice 1' transversely, as shown I Fig. '1, the 1y dep se p ra n b s o t longitudinally. The brakeblocks are represented at 32 and each provided with a transverseseat to receive the vertically dis posed portion of thefmember 17, and secured in position byaclaihp bolt the slots in the outer portionof'jthe member 17 providing for the ad'ustmentof the brake ea s; n i u n lly f e er m m e s, to 'ena'ble' tlie brake device to be adapted to va qyin di teimes b tween the-tr ch a Wheels At its "forward edge each brake block "isp rovided with a dovetailed channel, indicated at 35, to receive a dovetailed projeetion 36, on a brake shoe 37, the channel or seat 35 and the projection 36 being slightly tapered to hold the shoes in position. The

member 10 is provided witharecess indicated at 23, and mounted for rotation 'throughthe bearings 21 and 22 is a shaft 24: having a crank 25 between the bearings 22 andextending, when in one position, within the recess '23; Link devices 26 are connected at one end to th crank 25 and at their other ends to the confronting ends of the lever member 17, as shown at 27, and when the crank 25 is reversed in position to move the lever member 17 for disposing the shoes in operative position, the rods 26 will enter the recess 23 as shown in Fig. 9, and hold the levers with the shoes bearing against the wheels 34. The shaft 24 is extended laterally at one end into a relalively long lever arm 28' to which a suitable pull device, indicated at 29, is loosely coupled by a ring 30. The member 28 extends rearwardly of the vehicle and is disposed obliquely to the longitudinal plane of the reach and hounds, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

By this arrangement 'it will be obvious that when the member28 is disposed in its rearward position as shown in Figs 1 and 2, the-crank '25 willlikewise be disposed in its rearward position and hold the contiguous ends of the lever member 17 in their rearward position with thebrake shoes in their inoperative] position, or spaced from the wheels-34. When the brake is to be actuated the pull member- 29 is moved forwardly and the member 28 moved into its upward and forward position, thus causing the crank 25 through the'coaction of the links 26 tov ,In'ove theibrakej shoes into engagement with the wheels-B4. The pivot devices 18 are located nearer the outerend Qfthe lever 17 than their inner e'nds,,. consequently; the crank 25 when actuated produces a strOn' leverage action toapply the brake aimed lectually. So' 'that, a comparatively light pullingforce exerted upon the member 29 will producea istrong pressure against the brake "shoes, and: correspondingly increase the powerof the brake. V j 1 i The improveddevice including the member -l0 fand .itsjattachments are complete Within isms r lan erni treks .e'p lyqlople s paitonit be ob' taiiied jtjorlfive cents each, by addressing the contmigsionegnofl ggbll tlg:

ing device which may be readily adapted to vehicles of various sizes and forms without material change, by simply adjusting the keeper devices 13, to adapt the attaching means of the member 10 to the hounds or to other portions of the running gear, and likewise to adjust the brake blocks 32 to adapt the brake devices to wheels spaced" at various distances apart.

Any suitable means may be employed for actuating the member 29, but, preferably the latter will be extended to a point convenient to the hand of the driver upon the seat of the vehicle, not shown, in the usual position tr brake applying devices.

The member 1.0 will generally be of wood, while the remaining portions are of metal. of suflicient strength to withstand the strains to which the device will be subjected when in use.

The crank 25 is surrounded by a sleeve 38 to maintain the links 26 in spaced relation.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. A brake device comprising a support adapted to be attached to the running gear of a vehicle and having an upwardly and rearwardly opening recess, lever devices pivoted intermediate their ends to said support and movable at their inner ends over said recess, brake shoes connected at their outer ends to said lever device in position to'en gage the wheels of the vehicle, a rock shaft supported upon said support and having a crank located opposite said recess, linkscorr nectingf said crank to said lever devices and movableinto said. recess whenthe crank is disposed in one position, whereby when said crank is actuated the brake shoes will be applied to the wheels and held in locked position.

2. A brake device comprising a support adapted to be attached to the running gear of a vehicle and having an upwardlyfand rearwardly openingrecess, lever devices pivoted intermediate their ends to said support and movable at their inner ends'over said recess, brake shoes connected at their outer ends to said lever device in position to engage the wheels of the vehiele,'.al rock shaft supported upon said support. and havinga crank located opposite said recess, linksin spaced relation and connected at one end respectively to said lever devices and at their other ends to said crank, and a spacer; sleeve.

engaging said crank between. said links In testimony whereofl a'ffix my signature.

ANDREWJpHAPPEL .w l ii a ie. 

